Christina Hancock is scheduled to appear in Middlesex Superior Court on Wednesday for a change of plea hearing to discuss the possibility of a manslaughter plea. If a deal can't be worked out, her murder trial is scheduled to start Thursday.

Authorities say the 25-year-old Hancock beat her son Kaydn to death in May 2010.

The Sun of Lowell reports that an autopsy showed the boy had internal bleeding and multiple traumatic injuries, including contusions to his stomach, liver and colon. The medical examiner ruled the boy's death a homicide from blunt force trauma.

A maid who cleaned the home of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has testified at his murder trial that she saw him "messing with" the security camera in his basement the day after the killing.